You are Not Your Chaos: How to Calm yourself when Feeling Strong Emotions

Strong emotions can be dominating. It can consume you and can alter your personality. It can lead into chaos within. Nonetheless, keep in mind that this chaos should never define you. It is important that you know how to handle this chaos, which will result into being gracious in facing adversaries. Keep on reading and we will provide you with some tips on the best things that can be done when dealing with emotional chaos.

Visualize the Future

To be able to handle your emotions properly, always think of the future. Have visualization of what will happen tomorrow, next

week, or next month. Your anger might be real today, but where exactly where it leads you in the future? Is it going to put you off in a better place? Will it do something beneficial for you and for the people around you? By doing this, you will find it easier to think of how you will react to the situation.

Alter your Mood

You can always shift your emotion. You just need to find a way by how this can be done. If you are feeling angry, do not let yourself dwell into such but transition yourself into a positive mood. Fill your mind with positive or happy thoughts. Do something that you love and will make you forget about your negative feelings. Go for a walk around the neighborhood. Have a filling meal. Talk to a friend.

When you are experiencing strong emotions, and you need to stay calm, one of the best things that you can do is to find someone who can be supportive. A friend, family, or a confidant can help you in such situation. This is an opportunity to vent out your frustrations and to share the reasons why you are boiling from the inside. Someone who knows you can give valuable advice on how the situation can be best handled. Ivemovedon.com has a great team of coaches wanting to help you to the next level! Meet your new coach here.

Meditate

This is one of the simplest strategies to stay calm, yet ignored by many people. A strategy that is as simple as heavy breathing can do a lot to influence your emotions. It can help to control your temper. The best thing is to make it a long-term habit. Perhaps, you can meditate every morning. This will teach you how to stay calm even in the worst of situations.

Change the Way you think

Also known as cognitive restructuring, it will help if you can execute a different kind of thinking. It is not only your emotions that should be altered, but also your thoughts. Focus on the bright side of things. In every bad thing that happens, think of the positive changes that it can bring. It will also help to have a long-term perspective.

1 Comment

Great Advice! I often forget about tomorrow in the moment, and this was a great reminder that there is always a new adventure and change of winds just around the corner. I also think that sometimes to change the way you think, you have to change your environment and those you're hanging out with. Surround yourself with positive people!
Thom

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